TWiV #44 - No hysteria

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Jennifer Drahos consider Marburg virus in Egyptian fruit bats, bacterial citrus pathogen found in shipping facility, canine parvovirus in Michigan, Relenza-resistant influenza virus, new HIV from gorillas, and public engagement on H1N1 immunization program.

Links for this episode:

• Isolation of Marburg virus from Egyptian fruit bats
•  Inspectors find bacterial citrus pathogen in California
•  Parvovirus killing hundreds of dogs in Michigan
• Relenza-resistant H1N1 identified in Australia (press and journal article)
• New HIV from gorilla
• CDC wants public comment on H1N1 vaccination
• Original antigenic sin (article 1 and article 2)
• Dr. Stanley Plotkin on Meet the Scientist (thanks Peter!)
• audioBoo (iPhone app - thanks Jim!)
• Audio clips (first and second) from the podcast No Agenda (thanks peripatetic apoplectic!)

Weekly Science Picks

Jennifer Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD Comics) Vincent Giant Microbes (thanks Stephen!) Dick Virology in the 21st Century Alan Annals of the Former World by John McPhee